Louth
Parish Church Subscription Fund 1890

In requesting you
to publish the annexed list of subscribers to our New Church in Louth, I
gladly take this opportunity of thanking my numerous friends who have so
generously responded to my appeal for help in my heavy undertaking. It would
be too much to expect you to publish the names who contributed smaller sums. Your space is limited. In making out a list expended to such a length
naturally mistakes may arise. Should any appear I would feel grateful to the
benefactors concerned to intimate it to me, and the necessary correction
will be promptly published – I remain faithfully yours,

A. Dillon P.P.

Parochial House,
Louth,

October 8, 1890

This following list, as well
the above letter, was
published in The Dundalk Democraton 11 October 1890.
The transcript below, containing some 600 names, is in surname order.
The original list was divided into ‘Collection Districts’ (in brackets below)
that do not necessarily correlate geographically to the address given, and in
order of amount subscribed.

‘ACB’ refers
to ‘Absent Children of the Parish’ (Donations from people living abroad).

As an alternative
to using the original newspaper, a transcript of the
list, as originally published, may be found in: Church of the Immaculate
Conception Centenary Celebration 1892-1992, by Eddie Filgate, Tempest
Dundalk, 1992. This excellent booklet also contains a short
history of the parish.

Tragically, on 02
April 2003, a fire broke out in the church and this magnificent listed
building was engulfed in flames. The cause of the fire was
apparently accidental, but the building was left in ruins.